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CfA: Youth Global Forum 2026 – Madrid, Spain (Deadline: 25 November 2025)

Target Group: Young leaders, activists, social entrepreneurs, youth advocates, policy students, researchers, and creatives aged 16–46 from any country, passionate about making a positive impact. Aim: To bring together global youth changemakers to engage in workshops, policy dialogues, cultural exchange, and innovation labs, addressing challenges such as climate change, AI disruption, youth unemployment, democratic participation,

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CfA: Bridges of Experience – Boosting Senior Volunteering for Sustainable Development across the Balkans (Date: 24 – 25 November 2025)

Short Description: A regional conference bringing together government representatives, civil society, the private sector, and academia to promote inclusive volunteering, with a particular focus on senior volunteers aged 50+. The event highlights the importance of senior expertise in strengthening intergenerational cooperation, fairness, and solidarity across the Balkans. Target Group: Government institutions, civil society organisations, volunteer

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CfA: Kosovo–Serbia Bridge Fellowship Program (Deadline: N/A)

Short Description: Cross-border initiative by Heartefact that supports young professionals, researchers, and creatives from Kosovo and Serbia to develop new and constructive narratives about relations between the two societies. Target Group: Young professionals, researchers, and creatives from Kosovo and Serbia working in or affiliated with academia, CSOs, think tanks, media, culture, creative industries, new media,

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CfA: Connecting Europe Fellowship (Deadline: 4 December 2025)

Short Description: The Connecting Europe Fellowship, launched by the European Policy Centre (EPC), offers young professionals from EU enlargement countries the opportunity to spend three months in Brussels conducting independent, policy-oriented research on how EU policy and enlargement intersect. Target Group: Early- to mid-career researchers and professionals from think tanks, universities, or civil society organisations

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CfA: Winter Youth Work Academy – Training Course (Deadline: 7 November 2025)

Short Description: This training course provides youth workers and adult youth leaders with a structured “curriculum” to plan their professional development, identify areas for formal qualification or competence growth, and consciously develop their own approaches in youth work. Target Group: Youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, youth project managers, youth policy makers, volunteering mentors, youth coaches,

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CfA: Photo Contest: “Gender and Climate Change through Civic Eyes” (Deadline: 10 November 2025)

Short Description: The Gender Budget Watchdog Network (GBWN) is organizing an international conference in Skopje, North Macedonia, on 10–11 December 2025, focused on Gender-Responsive Budgeting and Climate Action Monitoring. The event brings together civil society organizations, policymakers, and experts from the Western Balkans, Moldova, and CEI countries to address the intersection of gender equality and

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CfA: EU Diplomatic Programme for the Enlargement Region (Deadline: 15 November 2025)

Short Description: Implemented by the College of Europe with the support of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood (DG ENEST), this five-month residential programme (1 February – 2 July 2026) offers diplomats and officials from the Enlargement Region an in-depth understanding of EU external action and the accession process. The programme will

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CfA: Democracy Reloading Webinars on Youth Participation in Municipal Decisions (Deadline: 16 November 2025)

Short Description: This e-learning series helps municipalities engage young people in decision-making through tools, training, and support. The fourth webinar, “Managing Youth Participation,” will focus on financial conditions, using Erasmus+ grants, collaboration between municipal decision-makers and youth, and promoting youth participation to the wider public. Target Group: Youth workers, youth policy makers, and municipal youth

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CfA: RYDE Regional Conference – Western Balkan Youth and EU: Shaping Our Common Future (Date: 18–19 November 2025)

Short Description: The 2025 Regional Conference “Western Balkan Youth and EU: Shaping Our Common Future” brings together young people from the Western Balkans to discuss youth agency, employment, well-being, digital engagement, and environmental sustainability. Target Group: Young people, youth organizations, and stakeholders from the Western Balkans interested in democratic engagement, youth empowerment, and EU integration

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CfA: STARLIGHT 2.0 – Strategic Litigation and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (Deadline: 20 November 2025)

Short Description: Building on its first edition, STARLIGHT 2.0 offers legal practitioners across the EU an advanced learning experience combining thematic and skills workshops, online legal clinics, and tailored mentorship. Participants deepen their expertise in strategic litigation, applying the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR) and CJEU case law to drive systemic change. Target Group:

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CfA: North Macedonia – Join the National Consultation Mechanism for the Reform Agenda 2024–2027 (Deadline: N/A)

Short Description: The European Policy Institute (EPI) – Skopje, as coordinator of the regional project “Monitoring Reforms and Growth in the Western Balkans” implemented in partnership with the Think for Europe Network (TEN), invites all interested CSOs, business chambers, social partners, academia, and other stakeholders in North Macedonia to express their interest in joining the

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CfA: Event Hungarian Media Investment in the Balkans – A Test for Europe’s Media Law (Date: 16 October 2025)

Short Description: This online roundtable will examine the gaps left by the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) in addressing media capture, using case studies from Slovenia and North Macedonia. Experts and journalists will discuss how Europe can better safeguard media pluralism, independence, and accountability in the face of foreign investment and influence. Target Group: Journalists,

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